Interpol rejects request to arrest Shafiq

International policing organisation Interpol has rejected a request by Egypt’s Prosecutor General to place Ahmed Shafiq on the wanted persons list(AFP/File, Mohammed Abed)

International policing organisation Interpol has rejected a request by Egypt’s Prosecutor General to place former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq on the wanted persons list, according to state-owned news agency MENA.

Prosecutor General Tala’at Abdallah ordered the Offfice of International Cooperation to submit a request for Shafiq’s arrest to Interpol. This followed a judicial ruling charging Shafiq with seizing and squandering public money.

Shafiq was accused of abusing his position as Civil Aviation Minister to sell 40,000 hectares of land in Ismailia for 75 piastres per square metre as opposed to the market price of EGP 8 per square metre.